The Council of the European Union (EU) decided on 29 May 2006 to update the EU list of terrorist organisations and persons linked to terrorist activities so as to include on that list the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam). The list was first adopted in December 2001, in the wake of the terrorist attacks on 11 September, and was last updated on 21 March 2006.
To this end, the Council adopted two acts:
– a Common Position updating Common Position 2001/931/CFSP on the application of specific measures to combat terrorism and repealing Common Position 2006/231/CFSP (published in the Official Journal of the EU, L82, 21 March 2006);
– a Decision implementing Regulation (EC) n°2580/2001 against certain persons and entities, and repealing Decision 2005/930/EC of 21 December 2005 (published in the Official Journal of the EU, L340, 23 December 2005).
Both acts, including the updated list, are published in today’s Official Journal of the EU.